Interviews In this feature, we speak to Kaz Kobayashi, President & CEO, Warner Music Japan and Kazuhiro Shimada, COO, Warner Music Japan. News Launch arrives five months after Pixelynx was acquired by Animoca Brands News The arrival of AI-generated music has triggered a number of concerns for the music industry Analysis News Paris-headquartered music company Believe has published its financial results for Q1 2023 (the three months to end of March) News Tunecore artists using Unlimited distribution plans will be able to send their music to the Beatport platform for an add-on fee of $7.99 a month Analysis As industry dynamics shift, are we going to see artist and label services divisions grow in importance for the majors? News Believe is acquiring full ownership of Sentric, which was held by Utopia since February 2022 Analysis The major music companies release only 4% of the daily deluge of tracks hitting audio and video streaming services, new data shows.